Hard Drive Format

Original Drive

[root@localhost ~]# time mkfs.ext3 -j -L ASUS /dev/sdc1

mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)

Filesystem label=ASUS

OS type: Linux

Block size=4096 (log=2)

Fragment size=4096 (log=2)

122109952 inodes, 244190000 blocks

12209500 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user

First data block=0

Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296

7453 block groups

32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group

16384 inodes per group

Superblock backups stored on blocks:

32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,

4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,

102400000, 214990848

Writing inode tables: done

Creating journal (32768 blocks): done

Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 36 mounts or

180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

real 164m47.480s

user 0m0.414s

sys 0m39.300s

[root@localhost ~]#

Replacement Drive

[root@localhost ~]# time mkfs.ext3 -j -L ASUS /dev/sdc1

mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)

Filesystem label=ASUS

OS type: Linux

Block size=4096 (log=2)

Fragment size=4096 (log=2)

122109952 inodes, 244190000 blocks

12209500 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user

First data block=0

Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296

7453 block groups

32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group

16384 inodes per group

Superblock backups stored on blocks:

32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,

4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,

102400000, 214990848

Writing inode tables: done

Creating journal (32768 blocks): done

Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 32 mounts or

180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

real 15m52.237s

user 0m0.401s

sys 0m37.626s

[root@localhost ~]#